One of the most innovative and influential guitarists of the modern era, Joe
Satriani first began playing at the age of 14, primarily inspired by Jimi
Hendrix. Born on July 15th, 1956 in Westbury, New York to Italian parents, he
studied jazz with Billy Bauer and Lennie Tristano and played with The Squares
after his family moved from New York to California. He subsequently joined the
Greg Kihn Band and released his first two solo instrumental albums, Not of This
Earth (1986) and Surfing With the Alien (1987), partly influenced by science
fiction literature. Flying in a Blue Dream ...